(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Women's Procurement Program Equalization Act of 2013 - Amends the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program for women-owned small businesses (providing a federal procurement contracting preference to such businesses) to condition a government contracting officer's authority to restrict competition for any such federal contract upon the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) certifying each of the businesses as a small business concern owned and controlled by women. (Currently, the small business concerns themselves certify to the contracting officer that they are such a business according to SBA standards.)
Allows a contracting officer to award a sole source contract to any economically disadvantaged women-owned small business if: (1) the small business is determined to be responsible and the contracting officer does not expect two or more of such businesses to submit offers; (2) the anticipated contract price will not exceed $6.5 million in the case of a manufacturing contract, or $4 million in the case of all other contracts; and (3) the contract can be made at a fair and reasonable price. Provides identical contracting authority for women-owned small businesses in substantially underrepresented industries.
Expands the reporting requirements with respect to small business procurement contracts to require federal agencies to submit annual reports to the Administrator regarding such sole source contracts as well as the industries within which various contracts were awarded.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2452 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2452
To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program
for women-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 20, 2013
Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Payne, Mr. Barber, Ms. Chu, Ms. Clarke,
and Ms. Meng) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
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A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act with respect to the procurement program
for women-owned small business concerns, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Procurement Program
Equalization Act of 2013''.
SEC. 2. WOMEN'S PROCUREMENT PROGRAM EQUALIZATION.
Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(m)) is
amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), so that subparagraph (E) reads as
follows:
``(E) each of the concerns--
``(i) is certified by a Federal agency, a
State government, or a national certifying
entity approved by the Administrator, as a
small business concern owned and controlled by
women; or
``(ii) is certified by the Administrator as
a small business concern owned and controlled
by women.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(7) Sole source contracts for economically disadvantaged
women-owned small businesses.--In accordance with this section,
a contracting officer may award a sole source contract to any
small business concern meeting the requirements of section
8(m)(2)(A) of this Act if--
``(A) such concern is determined to be a
responsible contract with respect to performance of
such contract opportunity and the contracting officer
does not have a reasonable expectation that 2 or more
businesses meeting the requirements of section
8(m)(2)(A) will submit offers;
``(B) the anticipated award price of the contract
(including options) will not exceed--
``(i) $6,500,000 in the case of a contract
opportunity assigned a standard industrial code
for manufacturing; or
``(ii) $4,000,000 in the case of any other
contract opportunity; and
``(C) in the estimation of the contracting officer,
the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable
price.
``(8) Sole source contracts for women owned small
businesses in substantially underrepresented industries.--In
accordance with this section, a contracting officer may award a
sole source contract to any small business concerns meeting the
requirements of section 8(m)(3) of this Act if--
``(A) such concern is determined to be a
responsible contract with respect to performance of
such contract opportunity and the contracting officer
does not have a reasonable expectation that 2 or more
businesses meeting the requirements of section 8(m)(3)
will submit offers;
``(B) the anticipated award price of the contract
(including options) will not exceed--
``(i) $6,500,000 in the case of a contract
opportunity assigned a standard industrial code
for manufacturing; or
``(ii) $4,000,000 in the case of any other
contract opportunity; and
``(C) in the estimation of the contracting officer,
the contract award can be made at a fair and reasonable
price.''.
SEC. 3. REPORTING ON GOALS FOR PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SMALL
BUSINESS CONCERNS.
Section 15(h)(2)(E)(viii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644)
is amended to read as follows:
``(viii) small business concerns owned and
controlled by women--
``(I) in the aggregate;
``(II) through competitions
restricted to small business concerns;
``(III) through competitions
restricted using the authority under
section 8(m)(2);
``(IV) through competitions
restricted using the authority under
section 8(m)(2) and in which the waiver
authority under section 8(m)(3) was
used;
``(V) through sole source contracts
awarded using the authority under
section 8(m)(7);
``(VI) through sole source
contracts awarded using the authority
under section 8(m)(8) and in which the
waiver authority under section 8(m)(3)
was used;
``(VII) by industry in which the
contracts described in subclauses (III)
through (VI) were awarded; and
``(VIII) through unrestricted
competition; and''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-661.
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 113-661.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 498.
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